Effectiveness of traditional bone setting in treating chronic low back pain: A randomised pilot trial

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-28

  Zaproudina, N ^a   Hietikko, T ^b   Hanninen O O P ^a   Airaksinen, O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Low back pain; Manual therapies; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE MOBILITY; TRADITIONAL BONE SETTING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PILOT PROJECTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPINE;

EID: 57849087223     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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